My first blogging expedition to the historic lead mining town of Bonne Terre, Missouri only left me curious to learn more, so today I ventured back to Bonne Terre, camera in hand.
I made my way to the Bonne Terre library, which was completed and presented to the community in January of 1905.
Bonne Terre Library, photo by MilliGFunk
I could easily have spent my entire afternoon in the geneology and history room, reading through the dozens of reference book on local history. For all my reading, though, I still haven’t found a concrete explanation for the bell at the First Baptist Church.
Here’s one of my favorite pictures from my trip to Bonne Terre today. This is of the Bonne Terre Depot, erected in 1909.
Bonne Terre Depot, photo by MilliGFunk
Other Bonne Terre Posts:
Marvin Chapel United Methodist Church
Mooner’s Hollow Trail (St. Francois State Park)
What a beautiful photo of the library! Funny how your photo makes me see it differently than I did growing up! And DD, I just love the photo of the old depot taken at sunset. You really captured it looking like it must have looked in the 1900′s when people were traveling in and out of town via that depot! Great job! TFS!
I love the photos, and that you had so much fun in the library! I’ll have to post a picture of the lirary here- I think you’d like it.